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OF THE BIBLICAL MYSTERIES DETAILED BELOW
REMAIN UNREALIZED BY A MAJORITY OF NOMINAL
CHRISTIANS.
HOWEVER, THE TEACHINGS HERE ARE NOT HIDDEN
OR "ESOTERIC"
AS SO-CALLED OCCULT AND NEW AGE TEACHINGS CLAIM
TO BE,
THESE TRUTHS ARE REVEALED IN THE BIBLE
BUT REMAIN VEILED TO THE UNDERSTANDING UNTIL
THE HOLY SPIRIT
REVEALS THEM TO US. THEREFORE, THOSE WHO READ
THE BIBLE
DO NOT RECEIVE THE SAME UNDERSTANDINGS
THE
MYSTERY OF HOLY SPIRIT POWER
Power From on High
The
Two Words for Power
God Baptized Jesus Supernatural Ability, Power
and Might to Minister
A Matter of
Moments To Become a New Creation
That
was Then, What About Now?
How
You May Receive the Promise of the Father
Speaking
in other Tongues [Spiritual Languages)
Prayer
language and Holy Spirit Ministry
Intercession,
a Spiritual Ministry
A
God of Power Today?
Suggested Reading: Mark 16; 1Corinthians 12;
1Corinthians 14; Luke 4: Matt. 28 end,
Acts 1 & Acts 2, and Others listed in the
paragraphs following:
TOPICS:
Two Words for Power
God, The Father, Baptized Jesus With Supernatural
Ability, Power and Might
Becoming a New Creation in Christ, Spiritual
Renewal
Power of God in Times of Old, What About Now?
Receiving "the Promise of the Father "
Speaking in other Languages - tongues (Spiritual
Languages)
Prayer Languages, Holy Spirit Intercession,
a Spiritual Ministry
Among the many who have attended church
for most of their lives, I believe there are
few who have actually experienced God's manifested
power and presence in any real and dramatic
way. The believing Christian, after being born
of the spirit is set apart as God's property
to fulfill his calling in God. This called
believer should not be relegated to becoming
merely part of someone's audience or a peripheral
member of a church fellowship where once or
twice a week he hears sermons about God. Not
all who minister are qualified by God. It is
a shame to relinquish our own spiritual growth
and the potential of being "children of
the Most High" with messages framed in
unbelief.
A God of Power Today?
God almighty created the Heavens and the Earth.
We are told of miraculous deeds done in time
past by the power of God, the stopping of the
sun's movement which allowed time to give Joshua
a military victory; Miracles and signs done
by Moses and Aaron in Egypt; the opening of
the Red Sea; the power of God which came down
to consume Elijah's sacrifice before the priests
of Baal. We know that Jesus performed miracles
outside of realm of natural law, healings,
raising from the dead, walking on the water,
changing water into wine; as well as mental
miracles, knowing the thoughts of men and knowing
the events of the future. We also know that
the disciples of Christ duplicated Jesus' miracles
when they ministered in the beginning of the
church age, according to the accounts written
in the book of The Acts of the Apostles. How
do we look upon these accounts? Shall we say
they did not occur? Shall we say that God has
changed? Or shall we say that God has not changed
and that He continues work the same way in
the present as He did in times past?
This writer grew up attending numerous traditional
churches that had no manifestation of God's
presence. Neither was it taught that God was
to be a intimate co-participant in church fellowship.
Sadly, in my experience, there was no reality
of God being a caring God who provides benefits
from day to day.
The congregation sang hymns, mostly routinely
without conviction or zeal. How can anyone
give heart felt praise when they do not know
the God they praise? (John 4) "- -You
worship what you do not know - -" It is
amazing to me that people continue to support
traditions in which there are no manifestations
which attest the truth in the words which are
preached. For all practical purposes one could
easily preach that "God is dead."
One might say that faith could be defined as
'believing in the God without any way to test
that assertion.'
No person, no disciple or believer in Jesus
the Messiah can understand or experience the
fullness of this truth nor act as a manifested
child of the Most High without supernatural
enabling.
"- -No
man knows the things of God except for the
Spirit of God - - (1Corinthians 1:11,12)
Now I thank God for His excellent Grace, He
has provided that which is necessary to walk
as a child of God, walking in Jesus'
footsteps. It is dunamis
power which Jesus promised to all his true
disciples. This power is the God-Power of the
Holy Spirit. This manifestation is God in us,
which God has provided to fulfill his word
and provide us with a first hand witness of
the promises and provisions stated in the Bible.
This power is scripturally promised for disciples
of Jesus Christ. This power enables and equips
us to to better perform the outreaches of the
Gospel of the Kingdom, also called the work
of ministry.
If someone is not taught about this provision
in the Word of God, he or she can neither believe
it nor appropriate it. If we have been taught
a contrary Gospel, then we can not proceed
without unlearning that wrong doctrine. There
is a barrier spirit of unbelief, the leaven
of Pharisees that masquerades as scripturally
correct doctrine. Religious tradition is not
unlike the spirit which the Pharisees manifested
to withstand Jesus in the time of his earthly
ministry. Bible training centers are training
practitioners in a form of Godliness without
power, presenting doctrinal arguments which
contradict the promises of God, namely that
the Power of the Spirit and His ministry gifts
are no longer being manifested today. Jesus
said, If you believe you will see the glory
of God.
Paul
stated that he did not bring mere words, spell-binding
oratory or philosophy (intellectual reasoning)
but rather, the demonstration of the Holy Spirit
and his Power.( 1 Corinthians 2:3 - 1 Corinthians
2:5 4, And my speech and my preaching were
not with persuasive words of human wisdom,
but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5, that your faith should not be in the wisdom
of men but in the power of God.) Today
much of institutional Christianity presents
a religion without power. Moreover if the supernatural
is manifested, it is too often looked upon
it as something questionable. On the other
hand, those not well grounded in truth, have
the tendency to exalt any man performing these
miracles, placing him on a pedestal. Note in
the Book of Acts disciples Paul and Barnabus
had to constrain people from deifying them
when powers from God were displayed.
The Two Words for Power
The Bible mentions two kinds of power, power
(dunamis) and power (exousia). Both words have
a place in understanding the power which is
granted to every believer. Exousia power is
the authority to act granted by God. Jesus
declares after his resurrection, All power
(exousia, authority) in heaven and on earth
have been given to me -- you go therefore --
and the commission to his disciples is given
to take the Gospel into every nation. Jesus
states in his prayer to the Father in John
Chapter 17, "the glory you have given
me, I have given to them- The glory of God
is, I believe, a physical manifestation of
God's presence, therefore it must be equated
with Power. I will share a phrase with you,
that I believe has been spiritually revealed,
the phrase is this, "The glory of God
is the manifested presence of God.
Jesus
speaks of "the promise of the Father"
power from God when he commands the disciples,
"to wait in Jerusalem until you are endued
with power from on high." God Baptized
Jesus with the Same dunamis Power of the Spirit.
The anointing of Holy Spirit power came
upon Jesus after John baptized him in the
Jordan river, it was thereafter that Jesus
performed mighty works and began His ministry.
" - - God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with
the Holy Spirit and power who went about doing
good and healing all those oppressed by the
devil." (Acts10:38)
Supernatural Ability
The ministry of Jesus was a four-fold ministry;
teaching, preaching the kingdom, healing, and
deliverance from demonic influences, thus to
demonstrate the Kingdom. This ministry of power
directed against the forces of Satan. As described
in Luke Chapter 4:18, there is an emphasis
on power in order to fulfill the commission
of the Gospel of the Kingdom:
;For
this purpose, the Son of God is manifested,
That he might destroy the works of the devil.;
(1John 3:8)
Ministry demonstrating the power of
the Holy Spirit is at heart of the Gospel of
the Kingdom. It can be summarized as freeing
people and restoring them from conditions of
their fallen natures. (Luke Chapter 4:18 -
body, soul and spirit) Satan's rule has placed
his curses upon mankind in general and
upon ourselves and our families individually.
Lack of wholeness through the bondage of Satan
in sickness; Lack of wholeness through the
bondage of Satan through mental oppression;
Lack of wholeness through the bondage of Satan
which are demonic in nature; Lack of: wholeness
through the bondage of Satan through various
kinds of curses; Lack of wholeness through
the bondage of Satan in lacks and limitation,
through fears; Lack of wholeness through the
bondage of Satan in connections to unclean,
destructive and dehumanizing forces. Where
the ministry of the Gospel is taught the adversary,
the enemy of God, must never be omitted for
so he remains oppressing the race of man since
the beginning. Though Satan has lost his absolute
role of ruler of this world his ability to
destroy and deceive still continues in individuals.
Satan has no plan to retire or retreat until
Jesus himself places him under guard and removes
him from the scene.
A
Gospel without power is a false Gospel.
Likewise any Gospel which does not introduce
us to the reality of spiritual powers of the
enemy that stand against us is a false Gospel.
The faith life is to a large degree spent in
enforcing God's authority in the earth with
respect to our own lives, our families and
other who we care for. Satan's team is positioned
to take advantage of our ignorance. They will
take an offensive action against us unless
we are poised to stand our ground. Satan comes
to steal, kill, destroy & deceive, and
to perpetuate false Gospels. The Promise of
the Father Help from the Spirit of God for
Every Disciple The book of acts introduces
the promise of the Father, What is this promise
of the Father? It is Power from on high!. The
Holy Spirit came to ordinary men and gave them
supernatural knowledge, ability and might.
They were clothed with the Glory of God's fire.
Under the power of the Spirit, they manifested
total loss of normal mental self control, they
began to utter language which was not their
own. They became witnesses. After being touched
by Power (dunamis) we also bear witnesses that
our lives are being remade, renewed, blessed
in wholeness, through an agency which is totally
beyond man's natural abilities, but that is
something of the heavens.
Becoming
a New Creation, available to those who believe
The disciples of Jesus included both men and
women. They awaited the Promise of the Father
in an upper room in the temple in Jerusalem
that day of Pentecost. They were all believers
in Jesus. They all had known him. They all
had walked with him. They all knew his voice
and had heard his sayings. Yet, by Jesus
account, they were not yet able to minister
as God required them to minister. It was
not enough to have known Jesus personally,
face to face. They and ourselves can not minister
from knowledge and experience and natural ability
alone!
The
ministry of Jesus were to be allotted to his
disciples. Spiritual enablements would begin
to replicate Christ within each of them! Then
this Christ within would work through the believer.
Suddenly at the appointed moment each man
and woman experienced what the prophets had
written: The prophet Joel writing states: "It
shall come to pass in the latter days that
I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh
--' The prophet Ezekiel writes: "-- a
new heart will I give you, and put a new spirit
in you; I will remove the heart of stone and
put in a heart of flesh-"(Ezekiel Chapter
36:26) I will write my laws upon your heart
" and David the psalmist prophet writes:
"- Let this be written for a future generation,
a people not yet created shall Praise the Lord"
--(Psalm 102,18)
That was Then, What About Now?
Religious tradition has relegated the book
of Acts to "stories" or fables featuring
exploits of unique and favored saints disciples
and apostles. Some teach and believe that God
no longer wishes to make disciples and to use
them as he once did. Empowerment from on high
as explained to Peter, James and John is not
for today. Be reminded, God does not lie, if
He has made any promise he will certainly fulfill
that promise. The "promise of the Father"
was specifically that of receiving divine,
enabling power. It is the prophetic promise
that enables the Ministry of Jesus Christ
to continue in the church age. The earth
will eventually have our sovereign and king
present. In a time I believe that is shortly
to come, the Kingdom of God will be actualized
upon the earth. Jesus Christ will then literally
rule and reign upon the planet. But until that
time we have that same King, our Sovereign
and High Priest ruling from a heavenly place.
You
May Receive the Promise of the Father
Only believers can receive the Holy Spirit.
This may require some personal self-evaluation.
Do you believe? What do you believe? Do
you believe that you are a sinner alienated
from the life and promises of God? Do you believe
that you have up to this time, either knowing
or unknowingly, followed a life style ruled
by Satan's nature, pride and rebellion and
self-service and uncleanness? Do you believe
you need a Savior? Do you believe that Jesus
was the lamb of God who carried the sins and
offenses of the whole world as well as your
own? Do you believe that the Messiah's blood
has the power to wash all of your sins away
and restore you in perfect accord with God
the Father? Do you believe that God loves you
and wishes to forgive you? Do you believe that
He has the power to make your life entire over
again and to make you a new creation?
If
so, Hallelujah! An ordinary person like you
and me, called outcasts, or sinners in the
Bible, may begin a spiritual life by talking
to God and asking Him to do something in our
life. I can assure you of the truth in this.
You need to do two things, the first is to
believe. Kindly note and consider the things
discussed above, for these are the essential
elements of believing in the Gospel of Christ.
The second is a spoken confession or petition
to God. The psalmist states, "I called
(spoke) unto the Lord with my voice and He
heard me out of His holy hill." (Psalm
3:4 and Psalm 77:1) Confess (say with your
own words) what you know about the promises
that the cross of the Lord Jesus has acquired
for you. Make this personal and honest.
Such
a confession or petition to God, is not a ritual
but simply getting honest with God, telling
Him that you need Him and His transforming
dunamis. Acknowledge that you accept the sacrifice
of the Son of God for your sins. The words
when spoken out of a sincere heart set in motion
the gift of God, that we call a new creation.
You will be born from above.
Romans 10:9-10 instructs us to proclaim this
audibly with a statement of believing that
Jesus will meet your need. God honors this
confession. He will change you in an instant
and take you into His family. However, you
must act in all sincerity with faith, believing
that you will most assuredly receive the gift
of eternal life; this new birth and this new
status of righteousness in Christ Jesus.
This
is the first step of receiving the Promise
of the Father, the gift of the Holy Spirit.
If you are already a believer and have a sure
witness of the fact that God has restored your
spirit, you are eligible to become a disciple
filled with power.
Must
you be ;Worthy; or pure to receive
the Holy Spirit baptism?
Do not
be misled by doctrine that requires a believer
to be spiritually clean and perfect before
receiving the gift of Holy Spirit power. It
is because we are flawed and weak in the flesh
that this gift is given! This is erroneously
taught be some groups. It is in fact the Holy
Spirit himself who provides the ability to
live the God life and provides the power to
remove the hindrances to righteous acts and
thoughts in a believer's life. This is another
charis Gift of God.
The
experience of being born of the Spirit, made
new, born again, is a good example of how God
(through Christ Jesus) works on our behalf.
All operations of faith operate through a similar
sequence of action to that demonstrated above
(Romans Chapter 10, verses 9 and 10.) Belief
is followed by action. We believe in our hearts
and express the belief vocally. The Heavenly
Father is anxious to give you His Kingdom.
(Luke 12,32).
BELIEVING
IN THE HEART Believe and confess that
Jesus died to make us free from the penalty
of sin. He also wishes to make you into a true
disciple. If we TRULY believe (know) and confess
BELIEVING that God wishes to empower us as
he empowered his first disciples. He desires
to give you a good gift and empower you. Believe
that Jesus has done that greater work on our
behalf. Receiving the "Baptism of the
Holy Spirit" is God's desire for you.
As
he commanded the first disciples and likewise
commands us so that we can function as a child
of God. In the process of being filled with
the Spirit the disciples in the second chapter
of Acts came together to seek the promise of
the Father. They sought it prayerfully. After
the Holy Spirit was poured out there were manifestations
for each disciples. They did not attempt to
go out and minister without the experience.
When the moment of fulfillment came - - - They
began to praise God and to prophecy and to
speak in other languages that the Holy Spirit
gave to them.
Speaking in 'Other Tongues'
Holy
Spirit languages
are of two varieties, unknown
actual languages and spiritual languages. Not
all are given the gift of receiving known languages
that are spoken by tribes and nations. But
heavenly languages and their revelations and
not withheld from any seeking the gift. Understanding
and receiving these spiritual languages are
a problem for many believers. There is the
matter of relinquishing mental control, not
thinking too much. This is a weird kind of
thing for people to do. Releasing the language
utterance is a little confusing. Does one try
or try not to try? It is hard to release words
you do not know by not thinking. The wisdom
of God has made it possible to bypass the normal
functions of reasoning and mental operation.
Ordinary thought processes are mostly by-passed
when accessing the tongues of God. Words you
speak are not words or vocabulary to "learn."
The language of tongues are real languages
a form of speech. They may or may not be identified
as any human dialect. A
trick which I have used to help you to receive
if you are blocked or frustrated in the pursuit
of a Spiritual language; Try a syllable at
a time. You can also write on paper a series
of syllables each containing a vowel and consonants
in a sequence. Don't think about it at all
just write them as they seem to
come randomly. Syllables make up words whether
known words or unknown.
Paul refers to 2 kinds of tongues; tongues
of men; and of angels (1Cor 13). Tongues
are messages from God, or a way for us to give
God perfect praise to him. At other times tongues
along with a spoken interpretation is a message
to edify others.
What
tongues do
Tongues normally work to edify and instruct
ourselves on a spiritual level. Tongues bring
revelatory wisdom. Tongues also open the door
to Spiritual experiences of all kinds making
us sensitive to comprehend heavenly things.
Tongues build our faith and open understanding
of the Scripture. Prayer language and Holy
Spirit Ministry The gift of Tongues as listed
in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 12 is the ability
to speak a language having never learned it.
An example is described in Acts Chapter two.
Where Galileans spoke the languages known to
many nations who were present. Experience has
taught me that languages can be a part of messages
given publicly in meetings although this is
not seen too often. As we pray in the Spirit
our minds are rendered quiescent. the language
of the Spirit has no predictability or conscious
control. We find in it many kinds of expressions
both in word and in tones of expression.
Using
Tongues, Praying in the Spirit
Praying in the Spirit, expresses through a
Spiritual language God's perfect will about
matters of the moment. When we do not know
how to pray in particular the Holy Spirit provides
the necessary words. Romans, 8: 26, describes
;groanings; or expressions beyond
words. This is also called praying in the Spirit.
Intercessors will lapse into prayers beyond
words where sounds come forth that are very
strange to listen to and may not sound at all
like language. We can also receive the understanding
of prayers that we pray or that are prayed
by others.
Understanding may come into our minds spontaneously
after we have spoken in tongues, or after someone
else has been heard to utter something in a
spiritual language. You may seek and ask the
Lord to reveal these that you pray about so
that you mind may also be fruitful. (1Cor 14)
Interpreted tongues equal prophecy. Intercession,
a Spiritual Ministry The ministry of divine
intercession is empowered through the language
of the Spirit.
Intercession a Spiritual Ministry
God through the Holy Spirit calls forth
active and anointed intercession.
The Holy Spirit directs us to the matters of
attention that the Father seeks to address.
Some are given this ministry gift in a unique
and powerful way. The Holy Spirit causes such
individuals to yield to the Spirit and bring
out the words necessary to enforce the perfect
will of God for many things. It has been testified
how people awaken in the night to bring forth
prayers for people they know or for those in
ministry undergoing trials and crisis. The
matters taught as possible revelation from
the Holy Ghost must be examined in the light
of scripture. Some who are not well versed
in the precepts of Holy Scripture may proclaim
a certain matter as from God. When there is
no foundation in the Bible for such any such
'revelations' should be discarded.
The power of praying God's will for people,
circumstances or nations, need not depend upon
the leading of the rational mind. Sometimes
visions and revelations can accompany intercession
where God allows his servant to see the nature
of the circumstances for which he or she is
praying.
Praying
in the Spirit and the ministry of intercession
is not learned by reading a 'how to' book.
It may be seen demonstrated by men or women
with the gift. Like other spiritual practices
it is learned by practice and experience. God
is willing and happy to train any person who
wishes to explore and learn Spiritual things.
It is continued practice that brings ability
and fruitfulness in learning and application
of Spiritual things. Disciples are learners.
Practice ministering through prayer, according
to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Ask the
Lord to train you and lead you in the Spirit.
Surely it His will and pleasure to develop
his children to become mature "sons or
daughters of God."
Spiritual
Gifts
Each believer has a unique calling and a particular
gift that functions within the body of Christ.
We are in fact now the expression of Christ's
body upon the earth. The body shares gifts
of various kinds that should find needed expression
when the believers gather together. (Romans
12, 1 Corinthians 12, 1 Peter 4:11, Ephesians
4) Expressing God's direction through the manifold
gifts is the perfect function of body fellowship.
Such gatherings edify all of its members and
bless their communities.
Bible Mysteries, Chapter
3
E
Book 1:
The
Gospel Without
Religion
E Book 2:
A
Disciples Handbook
E Book 3:
Mysteries
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Resources:
Understanding Home Fellowships
Frank Viola Interviews a typical church-goer
(Discussion
of Open Church)
Frank
Viola
"Who's
Your Covering"
"Rethinking the
Wineskin"
Sid
Roth
Guest, George Barna
"Moving beyond the established church"
Barna's
Book: "Revolution"
Interview 2/20/2006 http://www.sidroth.org
Sid
Roth Guest:
Tim and Katie Mather
Subject: Open Church
http://www.sidroth.org/radio.htm
Guest:
Jim Rutz
Author of Book: "Megashift, "
"Experiencing the fullness of God
outside of Institutional Religion"
Subject: Open Church
http://www.sidroth.org/radio.htm
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